Shatnerball report!

[Darkstorm]

Clay at one point yelled to Shatner to tell him the insertion window was open. Shatner made everyone run for it. Cameras and crews, everyone loved it (well the players did).

The guys that were on CO2 could throw a lot of paint but soon the second airfill station was found with the 3000+ fills.

At one point, the lines began to thin because noone was around and folks were bored. Only one guy was at the flag station, all the action seemed to focus on the town and one guy was guarding the flag. A Gullie push was held up by four or five players.

The tank coming through the trail in the woods caught most of the federation players, scenario included, off guard.

[Rusty]

Tank cut off switches

Hi
The tanks did not have cut off switches. And if we did we were told to remove them. It is saftey issue and if a tank looses power on a hill do to the switch being activated. It will loose steering, brakes and no power to keep climbing and must now roll back whitch is hard when you cant see out the back as well as the front.
The Tank inspector did a good job making sure all tanks were structualy safe. All tanks had to chrono all mounted guns and internal guns. Once they passed that they were givin thier orange sticker and allowed to play. The only thing that the tank drivers might of had go wrong that could be considerd a bad point was the fact that I got into Bedlam with my tank and found out that I was not suppose to be thier. Oh well.
jim B

[Gunga]

a couple more pics (Riotz and CaPoEiRa)

[Gunga]

(CaPo and SprayingMango)

[Darkstorm]

Back in Town a number of the Feds had a great time playing with some eventual intense action.

Midway was a Fed player in a bright red jersey that would keep getting to the back of the town and come in behind people and start barrel tagging and shooting.

TB (I believe) was the one who got himself "captured" by the Klingons, only to get himself escorted to the Klingon based which helped complete a mission (details unknown).

Some of the Fed Tanks were to big to be allowed to go any place significant, or had velocity problems. Something that haunted us early in the game. The guys in the shuttle lost their AC but continued to play.

[Darkstorm]

While earlier we had walked the mission to radio in the number and not seen a single Borg or Klingon things got bad QUICK. The Klingon/Borg alliance started forming at the WORST possible time for the Feds.

Radar was one of the early Medics from the start and by this time we had almost run him to death, when the push through the town and to our treeline started. Backup, out of paint or air, acted as a moving bunker for Radar.

As the treeline fell and our insertion zone was under fire the lack of proximty to a staging area meant a lot were tired, needed paint, just needed a break, or had left the field and did not know what had happened.

The scenario players tried to push the woodline, but all of the Medics had left the field.

At one point the Fed zone was under fire from two tanks.

[Darkstorm]

"Black shirts" were getting into the backlot of our base, the grasslands, a couple of the Borg players who were back there made a major mistake of engaging in a fire fight. The prop the Borg desperately needed was under the Bus they were using as a bunker.

Judster, Midway, myself and a couple of other players took a long time to searched the entire grasslands and did not find another Borg player. That was surprising.

As the battle was fought on the farside of our base, E-Liz was said to have been on the FRONT lines of it.

One of the Medics was new, so some of the experienced players played bunker for him. He even managed to medic Viper.

[Midway]

Too much fun!

The game was an absolute blast guys! Thanks for coming out and playing with us. I appreciate the way that you guys stuck to it all the way through.

We Texans are just now getting home, left Joliet at 1pm yesterday... I wanted to make sure I got this posted before I take a nice long Labor Day nap.

I had a great time and met a lot of great players, some tourney, some scenario and some brand new to the game. I wanted to thank Tom for sticking around and signing autographs at the Casino Saturday night. I meant what I said Tom, the Level 10 is the best paintball money I have ever spent. It is the world's most polite bolt, it kindly asks the ball to move to the front of the barrel and if the ball isn't ready, it simply backs up and gives the ball some space. Then it simply asks again... This weekend makes 3 cases in 2 weeks without a single break coming out of RT serial number 220!!!

I had some hairy moments when some of you would look at me funny as I walked down the tape line without shooting at anyone but most everyone was very cool about leaving once they realized I wasn't dead and my barrel was in their back. To the guy that put a ball on me from 2 feet away and then nearly got himself killed to make sure I was ok, thanks! And don't worry about it, I know the risk I take when I go walking through enemy lines without a care in the world.

Anytime you guys want to come down to Texas and play let us know and we'll be sure to roll out the carpet for you.

Thanks again,
Midway
Team FUBAR
Shatner's Texas Contingent

[Darkstorm]

As the Klingons pushed into through the back tapeline, Mancow somehow ended up back there. A number of Texans were in the back with Judster playing front in the high grass of a hill. A few other players walked backwards away from the "Blackshirts" and would lead players to him that he would shoot three at a time.

Having had this spotters shot out, I watch as Judster faded into the high grass and waited. Klingons walked past him and took the hills past him. He was behind their lines.

Then here come the cameras. Still noone sees him as a camera man picks up on him and starts filming the grass. But noone pays attention, STILL. Mancow starts boom out orders and saying his name. At this point in time, Mancow is 12 yards from Judster and below him. All of the generals "body guards" are in a tight line because everyone is getting camera time. Judster is just about to stand up and put a 100 rounds into Mancow when the people start yelling CEASE FIRE.

MANCOW is the luckiest man alive. The whole cease fire thing saved his butt. OR he would have been wickedly hosed while on camera.

Back at the insertion zone, Tom Kaye drives up. Pacman goes to barrel tag but is told there is a cease fire.

At one point, during the pitch battle Shatner was beamed out to personally complete a mission on another part of the field.

[Darkstorm]

Miscellaneous

Radar kept raving about the Borg army and how you all helped him get a kid with a sprained ankle off the field.

A Fed player actually got JJ to hand him a Borg mission card, but the Borg saw it happen and got it back.

Heather(?) the CPX camera person, took tons of pictures on the field, and got shot up doing it, she is the coolest.

Manike barrel tagged me at the pump tourney for the paint.

Shatner spoke for an hour at the Star Trek convention about paintball.

The Texans got autographs from Tom Kaye, next thing you know Darkstorm will have a lvl 10. Hmmmm?

[manike]

Re: Miscellaneous

Originally posted by Darkstorm
Manike barrel tagged me at the pump tourney for the paint.

[Python14]

Fac!I was not there. Instead I was at home, with two girls on my lap, thinking about Shatnerball, wishing I was there.

[AGD]

Darkstorm,

TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE BUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't remember it being near the blue tent! Where was it?? I was gambling that we would find the relic and now I find out we were SOOO close!!!

AGD

[Darkstorm]

I remember the bus being about where the blue circle was in three and half foot high grass. Most of us had not been told it was there either, probably because scenario players watch for people "guarding" places. We'll get you more details. Isn't it amazing the things that "almost" happened.

[CoFFeY[NiTrO]]

Re: Shatnerball Facts - Add to the List

Originally posted by Darkstorm

First, The Texans thought you all were the best.

its because it is true, we are the best!! muaha